Asheville police chief's son charged with DWI

6:04 PM,
Aug. 25, 2013

Chad Anderson

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City police chief William Anderson's son, already embroiled in a major legal tangle following a March traffic accident that caused a public backlash against his father, was charged with driving while impaired following a wreck early today in southern Buncombe County.

Chad Anderson, 22, was driving a 2013 Ford passenger car when he flipped the vehicle shortly before 3 a.m. on Mills Gap Road near the Cane Creek Road intersection, according to a warrant at the Buncombe County magistrate's office.

Anderson, who escaped injury, was arrested after a Highway Patrol trooper noticed a "strong ...